Alicia Austin
How Much Financing To Get Started
Hello. I'm interested in getting into Rehabbing/ Flipping Homes. I'm a new Licensed Realtor and am wondering are there any special loans/grants that could assist me with investing in rehabbing properties? I have reach...
Mark S.
Books, Entertainment, Travel - Tax Deductible
Hi,Tax question. I currently own 19 units in 7 different properties. All of the properties are held in my name personally, not in an LLC or partnership. I am a heavily leveraged individual, which is way I haven't yet ...
Johann Jells
Anyone DIY their LLC tax forms? What software do you use?
After many years of doing my own taxes with forms A, C & E using Turbotax we started using an accountant when we formed an LLC like 5 years ago for our properties. Now he's MIA, and we weren't all that thrilled wi...
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Good Book's That Arnt from "Guru's"
I am looking for some books that are more informative, rather than these get rich quick schemes that I'm finding out are 99 percent nonsense anyway. Can anybody give me some recommended reading? I'd like to focus on T...
Tony Marcelle
Wouldn't that money be better spent buying a house?
These gurus be charging thou$ands of dollars for their courses and seminars. If someone has that kind of money to pay for the course, wouldn't they be better off investing that money in real estate itself? Why pay $4k...
Chris Walters
Collecting Rent through ePayments (Yes or No?)
Hi everyone,What is your opinion about collecting rent through electronic payments? Specifically online debit or credit card payments. Any good or bad stories? Any methods of preventing a tenant who uses a frauded car...
Andy Bondhus
Auto loan interest, is it deductible?
If I'm using the standard mileage rate for 2017, can I also claim my business use percentage for my auto loan interest? My accountant says no, but I've read in books that you can still claim auto loan interest in add...
Account Closed
Who has Farming Secrets?
Hey Biggerpockets,
I am tired of reading blog after blog about generic farming. Who has some real tricks of the trade? Do you use scripts? What do your ads say? How do you pick your target and why focus on one? If yo...
William Adamsson
2 million, starting out
Hello everyone, I am an aspiring real estate investor and would appreciate some help from you guys.I am 20 years old and have had a regular upbringing in a normal family, but through e-commerce made over 2 million dol...
Amine E.
Deal or no deal
Side by side duplex. Last sold in 04 for 175K. reasonable rent for each side is $825. Here are the numbers:
20K in repairs
Taxes are $2400
INS is $2000
Separate utilities except for water and trash: ~$1...